Connecting device for winker-straps



(No Model.)

H. LATSHAW. CONNECTING DEVICE FOR WINKER-STEAPS. No. 270,958

Patented Jan.23,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEZEKIAH LATSHAW, OF WOLOOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK.

CONNECTING DEVICE FOR WINK ER-STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,958, dated January 23, 1883.

' Application filedd'uly 3,1882. (No model) lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to an improved device for connecting the supporting-straps with the bridle-blinds or winkers in a set of harness.

Its object is to remedy the constant breaking of the winker-strap, due to the weakening thereof along the line of stitching by which itis ordinarily secured to the blind, and to insure a firm, secure attachment, which shall leavethe strength of the strap wholly unimpaired.

It consists of a metallic clamp which is adapted to clasp the strap and to be riveted thereto and to the blind, as well as engaged bythe stitching which unites the inner and outer facings of the blind.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a bridle-blind or winker and of the strap supporting its front end. Fig. 2 is a viewin elevation of the rear or under side of the corner of the blind to which the strap 18 attached; Fig. 3, an elevation of the metallic clasp detached; Fig. 4, a central longitudinal section in line at x of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 a transverse section in line 3 y of Fig. 4.

A is a bridle-blind or winker; B, the winker-strap by which the front end of the blind is stayed and connected with the head-piece of the bridle; O, a metallic clasp for connecting the strap to the blind. This clasp is cast of malleable iron, brass, or other suitable material, in the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. Its upper end, d, is concaved to receive the round body of the strap B, and is formed with two arms or lugs, 0, Figs. 2, 4,

centrally to pass through the body of the inner facing of the blind.

In attaching the clasp to the blind the frame gis laid between the inner and outer facings ofthe blind at the upper outer corner thereof, and the pin 71. being passed through the inner lining and riveted, the two facings are stitched together in the customary manner, the stitches carried through the opening in the frame, serving, in connection with the riveted pin h, to secure it firmly in place.

The clasp may be nickel-plated, and thus impart a very neat finish to the blind.

I claim as my invention A device for connecting the winker-strap with its winker or bridle-blind, constructed in .one piece and consisting of a' body, d, adapted to embrace and clasp the end of the strap, an open frame, g, adapted for insertion between the facings of the blind to be held by the stitching thereof, and pinsfh, for piercing respectively the strap and blind, substantially as herein set forth.

Intestimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two'subscribing witnesses.

HEZ E KIAH LATSHAW. 

